Final Fantasy VIII - Guardian Forces In-Depth / Stats / Abilities

Category: Final Fantasy 8

This is basically a back-catalogue of all the GF's details ranging from where you can find them to their characteristics to all their abilities. It also has details on the Guardian forces enemies, for example Quezacotl dislikes Leviathan, so its best not to junction both of those GF's to the same character.

Alexander

• Location: Galbadia Garden - 2F Auditorium - Held By Edea (Disc 2)
• Attack: Holy Judgment - Alexander shoots rays of light from heaven at the opponents causing massive destructive Holy damage.
• Target: All Opponents • Element: Holy
• Status Effects: None
• Opposed GF: Doomtrain

Ability AP Unlocks Effect

Spr-J (n/a) (n/a) Junctions Magic To Spirit.

Elem-Atk-J 160 (n/a) Junctions Magic Element To Weapon

Elem-Def-Jx2 (n/a) (n/a) Junctions 2 Magic Elements To Defense

Elem-Def-Jx4 180 (n/a) Junctions 4 Magic Elements To Defense

Abilityx3 (n/a) (n/a) Allows 3 Support Abilities To Be Junctioned

Magic (n/a) (n/a) Enables Use Of Magic

GF (n/a) (n/a) Enables GF Summoning

Draw (n/a) (n/a) Enables Draw Command

Item (n/a) (n/a) Enables Use Of Items

Revive 200 (n/a) Enables Revive Command

Spr+20% 60 Spr+40% Increases Spirit 20%

Spr+40% 120 (n/a) Increases Spirit 40%

Med Data 200 Med LV Up Through knowledge of medicine, healing items have greater effects.

SumMag+10% 40 SumMag+20% Increases Alexander's Damage 10%

SumMag+20% 70 SumMag+30% Increase Alexander's Damage 20%

SumMag+30% 140 (n/a) Increase Alexander's Damage 30%

GFHP+10% 40 GFHP+20% Alexander's HP Increase 10%

GFHP+20% 70 GFHP+30% Alexander's HP Increase 20%

GFHP+30% 140 (n/a) Alexander's HP Increase 30%

Boost 10 (n/a) Allows for Boosting Of Alexander's Attack

High Mag-RF 60 (n/a) Refine High-Level Magic From Other Magic (ex:5 Thundara will become 1 Thundaga)

Med LV Up 120 (n/a) Levels Up Medicine

Doomtrain

• Location: Anywhere in the World Map (Discs 3 and 4)
• Attack: Runaway Train - Doomtrain comes along the train tracks running the opponents over.
• Target: All Opponents • Element: Poison
• Status Effects: Poison, Petrify, Blind, Silence, Beserk, Sleep, slow, Stop, confuse, Vit 0, Death Sentence.
• Opposed GF: Alexander

To obtain Doomtrain, you must first gather these items:
• 6 Marlboro Tentacles (Marlboros drop them, or you can card-mod Marlboro cards.)
• 6 Remedy + (Level-up Remedies with Alexander's Medicine Level-up ability.)
• 6 Steel Pipes (Fight Wendigos in the forest near Timber.)
• 1 Solomon Ring (Get at tears point)

It hints about this summon in one of the Occult magazines. (It says something about getting 666 items, now do you get it?) When you have collected all of these items, select the Solomon Ring from your inventory. Doomtrain says something and joins your party. You loose all 6 of each of the items you collected as well as the Solomon Ring.

Ability AP Unlocks Effect

Elem-Atk-J n/a n/a Junctions Magic Element To Weapon

ST-Atk-J n/a n/a Junctions Magic Element To Defense

Elem-Def-J n/a n/a Junctions Magic Element To Defense

Elem-Def-Jx2 130 n/a Junctions 2 Magic Elements To Defense

Magic n/a n/a Enables Use Of Magic

GF n/a n/a Enables GF Summoning

Draw n/a n/a Enables Draw Command

Item n/a n/a Enables Use Of Items

Darkside 100 n/a Enables Darkside Command

Absorb 80 n/a Enables Absorb Command

Str+20% 60 Str+40% Increases Strength 20%

Str+40% 120 n/a Increases Strength 40%

Spd+20% 150 Spd+40% Increases Speed 20%

Spd+40% 200 n/a Increases Speed 40%

Initiative 160 n/a Character Gains First Attack, Even When Back-Attacked

SumMag+10% 40 SumMag+20% Increases Doomtrain's Damage 10%

SumMag+20% 70 SumMag+30% Increase Doomtrain's Damage 20%

SumMag+30% 140 n/a Increase Doomtrain's Damage 30%

GFHP+10% 40 GFHP+20% Doomtrain's HP Increase 10%

GFHP+20% 70 GFHP+30% Doomtrain's HP Increase 20%

GFHP+30% 140 n/a Doomtrain's HP Increase 30%

Boost 10 n/a Allows for Boosting Of Doomtrain's Attack

Bahamut
Bahamut

• Location: Deep Research Facility (Discs 3 and 4)
• Attack: Mega Flare - Bahamut attacks with pillars of blue flame. This is a non-elemental attack that penetrates the enemies defense.
• Target: All Opponents • Element: Overcomes Defense
• Status Effects: None
• Opposed GF: None

You will be asked the following questions:
• First question: "So you wish to challenge me..."
Your answer: "It's not our will to fight."
When you answer, you will get to fight a Ruby Dragon.
• Second Question: "Begging me for mercy?"
Your answer: "Never"
You will now get to fight another Ruby Dragon. Then you get yet another question.
• Third Question: Damned Imbeciles. Why do you wish to fight?
Your answer: The third answer, it's invisible, below the second and it reads "Because it is our nature."
Now you will fight Bahamut.

Ability AP Unlocks Effect

Abilityx4 n/a n/a Allows 4 Support Abilities To Be Junctioned

Magic n/a n/a Enables Use Of Magic

GF n/a n/a Enables GF Summoning

Draw n/a n/a Enables Draw Command

Item n/a n/a Enables Use Of Items

Str+60% n/a n/a Increases Strength 60%

Mag+60% n/a n/a Increases Magic 60%

Mug 200 n/a Enables Mug Command

Move-HP Up 200 n/a Recover HP while walking.

Auto-Protect 250 n/a Character Automatically Has Protect At Beginning Of Battle.

Expendx2-1 250 n/a Only One Spell Spent When Cast Double

Rare Item 250 n/a Increases Chance Of Getting Rare Items After Battle

SumMag+10% 40 SumMag+20% Increases Bahamut's Damage 10%

SumMag+20% 70 SumMag+30% Increase Bahamut's Damage 20%

SumMag+30% 140 SumMag+40% Increase Bahamut's Damage 30%

SumMag+40% 200 n/a Increase Bahamut's Damage 40%

GFHP+10% 40 GFHP+20% Bahamut's HP Increase 10%

GFHP+20% 70 GFHP+30% Bahamut's HP Increase 20%

GFHP+30% 140 GFHP+40% Bahhmut's HP Increase 30%

GFHP+40% 200 n/a Bahamut's HP Increase 40%

Boost 10 n/a Allows for Boosting Of Bahamut's Attack

Forbid Mag-RF n/a n/a Refine Forbidden Magic From Items

Cactuar
Cactuar

• Location: Cactuar Island - (Discs and 4)
• Attack: 1000 Needles - Physical attack cause by a big load of needles, the damage will increase in steps of 1000 as Cactuar grows in levels.
• Target: All Opponents • Element: Overcomes Defense
• Status Effects: None
• Opposed GF: None

Ability AP Unlocks Effect

Eva-J 200 Eva+30% Junctions Magic To Evade %

Luck-J 200 Luck+50% Junctions Magic To Luck.

Magic n/a n/a Enables Use Of Magic

GF n/a n/a Enables GF Summoning

Draw n/a n/a Enables Draw Command

Item n/a n/a Enables Use Of Items

Defend 100 n/a Enables Defend Command

Kamikaze 100 n/a Enables Kamikaze Command

Eva+30% 150 Expendx2-1 Increase Evade % 30%

Luck+50% 200 n/a Increase Luck 50%

Initiative 160 n/a Character Always Gets First Attack, Even when Back-Attacked

Move-HP Up 200 n/a Recover HP With Each Step

HP Bonus n/a n/a HP +30 At LV Up

Str Bonus n/a n/a Str +1 At LV Up

Vit Bonus n/a n/a Vit +1 At V Up

Mag Bonus n/a n/a Mag +1 At LV Up

Spr Bonus n/a n/a Spr +1 At LV Up

Auto-Potion 150 n/a When Character Recieves Damage, He/She Uses A Medicine On His/Her Self. (Usually a Hi-Potion)

Expendx2-1 250 n/a Only Costs One Spell When Cast Double

GFHP+10% 40 GFHP+20% Cactuar's HP Increase 10%

GFHP+20% 70 GFHP+30% Cactuar's HP Increase 20%

GFHP+30% 140 n/a Cactuar's HP Increase 30%

Tonberry

• Location: Centra - Centra Ruins (Discs 2-4)
• Attack: Chef's Knife - Not very strong physical attack, Tonberry rises from ground and walks to enemy then stabs them with his little knife
• Target: All Opponents • Element: Overcomes Defense
• Status Effects: None
• Opposed GF: None

To obtain Tonberry, head back to the Centra Ruins after having gotten Odin (see below). Now your goal is to start killing Tonberries. You can meet them in the second or third room from the start. When you kill about 20, the Tonberry King will appear immediately after you defeat your last Tonberry. He seeks revenge for all the Tonberries you have killed. You should be fine if you just keep your limit breaks going on him. If not, you can cast meltdown to help out. He has over 80,000 HP. Once you beat him, you will win the Tonberry GF.

Ability AP Unlocks Effect

Magic n/a n/a Enables Use Of Magic

GF n/a n/a Enables GF Summoning

Draw n/a n/a Enables Draw Command

Item n/a n/a Enables Use Of Items

LV Up n/a n/a Enables LV Up Command

LV Down n/a n/a Enables LV Down Command

Eva+30% 150 n/a Increase Evade % 30%

Luck+50% 200 n/a Increase Luck 50%

Initiative 160 n/a Character Always Gets First Attack, Even when Back-Attacked

Move-HP Up 200 n/a Recover HP With Each Step

Auto-Potion 150 n/a When Character Recieves Damage, He/She Uses A Medicine On His/Her Self. (Usually a Hi-Potion)

SumMag+10% 40 SumMag+20% Increase Tonberry's Damage 10%

SumMag+20% 70 SumMag+30% Increase Tonberry's Damage 20%

SumMag+30% 140 n/a Increase Tonberry's Damage 30%

GFHP+10% 40 GFHP+20% Tonberry's HP Increase 10%

GFHP+20% 70 GFHP+30% Tonberry's HP Increase 20%

GFHP+30% 140 n/a Tonberry's HP Increase 30%

Boost 10 n/a Allows For Boosting Of Tonberry's Attack

Haggle 150 Sell-High Lowers Price Of Items At Shops

Sell-High 150 n/a Sell Items For More Gil

Familiar 150 Call Shop Add Additional (Sometimes Rare) To Shops' Inventory

Call Shop 200 n/a Buy/Sell From/To Any Shop You've Visited Before

Eden
Eden

• Location: Deep Sea Deposit - Held By Ultima Weapon (Discs 3 and 3)
• Attack: Eternal Breath - This attack casts the opponents into a alien galaxy in the midst of a huge explosion. It can exceed 9999 Damage.
• Target: All Opponents • Element: Overcomes Defense
• Status Effects: None
• Opposed GF: None

Ability AP Unlocks Effect

Spd-J n/a n/a Junctions Magic To Speed

Eva-J n/a n/a Junctions Magic to Evade %

Hit-J n/a n/a Junctions Magic To Hit %

Magic n/a n/a Enables Use Of Magic

GF n/a n/a Enables GF Summoning

Draw n/a n/a Enables Draw Command

Item n/a n/a Enables Use Of Items

Mad Rush 60 n/a Enables Mad Rush Command

Darkside 100 n/a Enables Darkside Command

Devour n/a0 n/a Enables Devour Command

Luck+50% 200 n/a Increases Luck 50%

Expendx3-1 250 n/a Only Costs One Spell When Cast Triple

SumMag+10% 40 SumMag+20% Increase Eden's Damage 10%

SumMag+20% 70 SumMag+30% Increases Eden's Damage 20%

SumMag+30% 140 SumMag+40% Increase Eden's Damage 30%

SumMag+40% 200 n/a Increase Eden's Damage 40%

GFHP+10% 40 GFHP+20% Eden's HP Increase 10%

GFHP+20% 70 GFHP+30% Eden's HP Increase 20%

GFHP+30% 140 GFHP+40% Eden's HP Increase 30%

GFHP+40% 200 n/a Eden's HP Increase 40%

Boost 10 n/a Allows for Boosting Of Eden's Attack

GFAbl Med-RF 30 n/a Refine GF Ability-Teaching Medicine From Items

Boko
Boko

• Location: The First Chocobo forest, You enter.
•Attack: Chocofuego - Directs an elemental fire attack against all opponents.
• Target: All Opponents • Element: Fire
• Status Effects: None
• Opposed GF: None

How To Obtain
Use the ChocoSonar and ChocoZiner to call a mother Chocobo without chocoboy's help and have the Chocobo dig up the hidden treasure. Then talk to chocoboy. he will "give" you Boko.

How To Summon
Use Gysahl Greens during battle. these can be bought from Chocoboy before you befriend the Chocobos and from the chicobo at the Chocobo shrine.

MiniMog
MiniMog

• Location: Use PocketStation to acquire Mog's Amulet
• Attack: Mogri Dance - He jumps around on a pedestal whilst shining lights reflect off of him, and cures the party. Costs character's average Level times 100 Gil to use.
• Target: All Party • Element: (Cures Party)
• Status Effects: None
• Opposed GF: None

How To Obtain
Like Moomba, MiniMog is available only through PocketStation. MiniMog is actually summoned through a Command Ability that a GF must learn through a single outside item, the Mog's Amulet. The Mog's Amulet item, once obtained through PocketStation, must then be taught to a GF with an available slot in its ability list. Because every GF will fill up its list with inherent abilities, you should try and make room by removing useless abilities (such as Item or Draw -- other GF's will most likely make up for these) with some Amnesia Greens.

How To Summon
To summon MiniMog, simply add the command to a character's command list. Because this takes up valuable space on this list, it is not recommended that you use this unless you really need fast healing.

Phoenix
Phoenix

• Location: Trabia, Winter Island: elders House in Shumi Village (Discs2-4)
• Attack: Rebirth Flame - Phoenix directs an elemental fire attack against all opponents and revives knocked out party members.
• Target: All Opponents • Element: Fire (and cures party)
• Status Effects: None
• Opposed GF: None

How To Summon
Use Phoenix Pinion during battle. After the first summons, Phoenix will appear randomly and help your party as long as you have a phoenix pinion. These can be refined from Mega phoenixes with the ability Tool-RF. The party loses 1 phoenix pinion every time the bird appears.

Odin
Odin

• Location: Centra - Centra Ruins (Discs 2-4)
• Attack: Sable Justiciero - With his mighty sword, Odin splits all opponents in half. you will gain full experience points and AP for the battle.
• Target: All Opponents • Element: None
• Status Effects: Death (enemies immune to death will die anyway apart from bosses)
• Opposed GF: None

How To Summon
Odin appears randomly. He cannot be summoned

Moomba
Moomba

• Location: Use PocketStation to acquire relevant item: Friendship.
• Attack: Jumps around slashing at the enemies dealing huge physical damage.
• Target: All Opponents • Element: None
• Status Effects: None
• Opposed GF: None

How To Summon
Call upon them by using the Friendship item in battle.

Gilgamesh

• Location: Esthar - Lunatic Pandora (Disc 2) Joins Automatically after Seifer kills Odin.
• Attack: Sable Justiciero, Masamune, Excalibur, Excalipoor - Gilgamesh uses one randomly. Sable.. is the same as Odin's. Masamune and Excalibur deals damage but not as near as powerful as Sable. Excalipoor does 1 damage and is dreadful.
• Target: All Party • Element: None
• Status Effects: None • Opposed GF: None

How To Summon
Gilgamesh appears randomly. He cannot be summoned

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